Students charged on talents, career Development

Students have been advised to focus on their abilities and talents in order to take advantage of opportunities in their chosen career.

Speaking on recently in Lagos at this year’s edition of Beyond the School, an initiative of the Nigerian Breweries/Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund, Emilia Asim-Ita, a Senior Consultant with Thistle Praxis Consulting, enjoined the participants on how to make a success of their career choices.

Asim-Ita, who spoke on ‘Personal Development and Career Facts,’ maintained that career choice should be hinged on passion. She advised participating students to read wide, cultivate mentors and ignore distractions.

While encouraging the students to dream big, she urged them to develop their passions and interests to guarantee a bright future.

“The knowledge you now have will help you find disciplines that you are passionate about. You also have to develop the skills needed to succeed in those disciplines”, she said.

In her presentation, Managing Director of Bestman Games, Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe gave the students personal finance tips on saving, investing and spending. She counseled the students to be diligent, prudent and keep good company.

Mr. Gbubemi Fregene, aka Chef Fregz, who spoke on his success story, implored the students to get education so as to be on a higher pedestal in their career and passion paths.

He said that as far as back as his days in secondary school, he developed interest in cooking.

“Life is about your passion, but education is important. The relationship is symbiotic, because it is actually your education that will determine how far you go with your passion.

Don’t be upset that you don’t have anything now, but focus on what you are going to do in your own circle,” Gbubemi said, while urging the students to write their own story.